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Pre-commissioning photo of the submarine Saury at Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, 10 Feb 1939. Note that Saury is painted with Electric Boat Company’s construction number rather than the Navy’s hull number.	Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Heß, Baldur von Schirach, and Artur Axmann at a Hitler Youth rally, Berlin, Germany, 13 Feb 1939; Himmler's adjutant Ludolf von Alvensleben in rear row

Bismarck immediate after her launch, Hamburg, Germany, 14 Feb 1939	Battleship Schlesien, Germany, circa early or mid-1939

Émile Bertin at Casablanca, Morocco, 5 Mar 1939	Adolf Hitler at Prague Castle, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 15 Mar 1939

Aircraft designiner Anderson showing Generaloberst Ernt Udet the two-part entrance door of a Bü 181 V1 Bestmann aircraft, 1939; note C. C. Bücker at far left	Japanese Infantry and a Type 89 tank during the Battle of Nanchang, China, 1939

Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Apr 1939, photo 2 of 3; note Arado Ar 196 A-1 floatplane her catapult	Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Apr 1939, photo 3 of 3; note Arado Ar 196 A-1 floatplane her catapult

Rear Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll, Captain Aubrey Fitch, and other Naval officers in parade dress at Pensacola, Florida, United States, Apr 1939.	US Navy Captain Richmond Turner and Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita at Arita's official residence, Tokyo, Japan, Apr 1939

XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, Apr 1939	Submarine USS Swordfish shortly after launching at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Apr 1939

United States submarine Swordfish on the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on the day of her launching, 1 Apr 1939	XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, 3 Apr 1939

M2A3 light tank on parade during the Army Day Parade, Washington, DC, United States, 6 Apr 1939	Italian troops disembarking at an Albanian port, Apr 1939

Edward Rydz-Smigly, Janusz Gluchowski, and Mieczysław Ryś-Trojanowski inspecting Polish troops, 19 Apr 1939; note Browning wz. 1928 automatic rifle in foreground	Porter off Yorktown, Virginia, United States, 19 Apr 1939